Missing
Michael Dean Stephenson
Stephenson, approximately 1992 (four years prior to his disappearance)
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/01/1996
Missing location (approx) :
Ventura County, California
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 03/30/1952 (69)
Age at the time of disappearance: 44 years old
Height / Weight : 6'5, 290 pounds
Medical conditions : Stephenson was suicidal at the time of his disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Stephenson was last seen sometime during July 1996. He went camping in the area of Nettle Springs and Apache Canyon in the upper Ojai area of Ventura County, California and never returned.
His vehicle was later found parked near his camping place. An extensive search of the area turned up no indications of Stephenson's whereabouts. His case remains unsolved.
At the time he went missing, Stephenson was employed at the Turning Point Foundation in Ventura, California. The foundation is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated towards assisting individuals with mental illness.
Other information and links : ncy
Ventura County Police Department
805-339-4357
September 2021 updates and sources
Ventura County Police Department
October 12, 2004. January 13, 2007; .
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